#245: It's Not that You're Lazy, It's That They're Lying to You

Episode description

You know the Lazy Susan(tm)? The mini Gravitron where your sauces or spices turn for everyone at the table? Why is it lazy, and Why Susan? Markus Krajewski, professor of Media History at University of Basel, Switzerland, and author of The Server: A Media History from the Present to the Baroque says, "In all probability, Susan was a generic name rich homeowners addressed their maidservants with through the 18th century. "Laziness was a common complaint against servants (at the time), so ‘lazy Susan' must have been a usual term since the 18th century,"

THESE ASSHOLES HAVE BEEN CALLING WORKERS LAZY AS LONG AS WE’VE HAD WORDS!!!

"Villain" has origins in stereotyping farmhands as "lazy"
Africans were enslaved because they were "lazy"
Mexicans are paid lower wages because they’re "lazy"
Nobody wants to raise the minimum wage for fry cooks because our financial system has a vested interest in seeing servants as "lazy" so we can justify becoming overseers.

Placing ostensibly reasonable words over untenable practices is the same ol’ okey doke. This week we talk about the myth (yes MYTH) of Personal Responsibility. It’s not what you think it is.

You are not lazy. You are not stupid. You are not alone.

Music Featured in this episode:
Lazy I by D Real
Kein Stress! by Lazy L
Pirata Sem Tesouro by Lazy